Title | Northern Benguela shelf total cumulative upwelling index, 1997 to 2018 |
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Project | Bio-optical Investigation of Phytoplankton |
Authors |
Tarron Lamont R.G. Barlow R.J.W. Brewin |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2019) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Tarron Lamont |
Abstract | Seasonal mean total cumulative upwelling in the Northern Benguela (15-29°S;8-16.8°E) shelf region during austral summer, autumn, winter, and spring. |
Methods | Daily-averaged NCEP-DOE Reanalysis 2 wind vectors were used to compute daily values of cumulative Ekman Transport (m3 s-1) per 100m of coastline (Lamont et al. 2018. JMS 188: 3-16). Monthly values were then computed by summing the daily values per month. Seasonal means were computed by averaging data over a three-month period for each season, defined as austral summer (December, January, February), autumn (March, April, May), winter (June, July, August), and spring (September, October, November). |
Data | |
Temporal extent | 01 Jan 1997 – 01 Jan 2018 |
Geographic extent |
Northern Benguela, Benguela Upwelling, South African West Coast, South East Atlantic Ocean
North: -15.0 |
Keywords | Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project, ASCLME, BCLME, Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem, bio-optics, Northern Benguela, phytoplankton biomass, remote sensing, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, upwelling |
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